Holiday Inn Express San Diego Airport-old Town By IHG
The verdict
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Who it's for
- — travelers who want staff who actually follow through
- — long-shower, slow-morning travelers
- — travelers who walk everywhere instead of booking cars
- — travelers who want more than they paid for
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Score breakdown
How the 86/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
89Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Location
86Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Room
84- “then, I went back to my room and sat in a really awesome chaise lounge chair that was so comfortable, I kind of tucked into the corner and read for a while.” 4
- “The lobby was clean, the room was clean with Dove shampoo, body wash, hand soap and body lotion. That was a great surprise since Hilton often doesn't have hand soap.” 4
Service
91- “I actually left my home early and was arriving at 12:30 based on my GPS, in the meantime the hotel called and told me my room was ready for my arrival and this was at 11:30AM. It was really nice, and they were nice. I arrived check in was great.” 4
- “i am a huge fan of HIX. especially the new ones with the headboard backlighting, that's so nice. it keeps the glare off the tv.” 4
Bed & Sleep
84- “The bed was fluffy and comfortable. Breakfast in the morning was good, was it amazing?” 4
Value
85Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Where it is, how to reach it
Details checked 2026-09-04
Where it sits
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Stay value
How this property reads against the hotels we cover alongside it. Measured on review evidence, not on a nightly rate.
On par with what $$ usually buys
Scores 2 points below the mid-range median of 88, across 402 hotels in the same bracket. In San Diego it sits level with the local median of 86.
- This hotel
- 86
- Bracket median
- 88
- Index median
- 88
Based on 402 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
What reviewers say about where to sleep inside this building — by room number where one is named, and otherwise by floor, wing, aspect and position. Every line opens onto the quotes behind it.
No reviewer has yet described a room, floor or aspect specifically enough to act on at this property. Room intelligence appears here the moment they do.
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
View the 14 things travelers said behind this verdict▾
Quotes run exactly as travelers wrote them — spelling and all. We trim for length, never for tidiness.
- “There's one in Memphis we love so much that we keep going back. The breakfast lady is amazing and has offered us her family & friends discount.” 4
- “Breakfast is decent enough for an included hotel breakfast. I also appreciate that most have microwaves and fridges in the rooms.” 4
- “Breakfast in the morning was good, was it amazing? No, pretty standard, but the coffee was excellent, and they had Chiobani yogurt which I love.” 4
- “it keeps the glare off the tv. also, those cinnamon rolls at breakfast. ugh so good! i'm traveling to KC this week for work and hoping i can find a HIX to treat myself lol” 4
- “Breakfast is decent enough for an included hotel breakfast.” 4
- “it keeps the glare off the tv. also, those cinnamon rolls at breakfast. ugh so good!” 4
- “I've stayed in multiple Holiday Inn Express hotels. I've never had a complaint. The free breakfast is actually quite good.” 4
- “I actually left my home early and was arriving at 12:30 based on my GPS, in the meantime the hotel called and told me my room was ready for my arrival and this was at 11:30AM. It was really nice, and they were nice. I arrived check in was great.” 4
- “i am a huge fan of HIX. especially the new ones with the headboard backlighting, that's so nice. it keeps the glare off the tv.” 4
- “especially the new ones with the headboard backlighting, that's so nice. it keeps the glare off the tv.” 4
- “The lobby was clean, the room was clean with Dove shampoo, body wash, hand soap and body lotion.” 4
- “then, I went back to my room and sat in a really awesome chaise lounge chair that was so comfortable, I kind of tucked into the corner and read for a while.” 4
- “The lobby was clean, the room was clean with Dove shampoo, body wash, hand soap and body lotion. That was a great surprise since Hilton often doesn't have hand soap.” 4
- “The bed was fluffy and comfortable. Breakfast in the morning was good, was it amazing?” 4
What we still don't know
What we can’t tell you yet, said plainly. These close as we read more coverage of this hotel.
- No reviewer has named an individual room number here yet.
- Nothing reliable said about room types.
- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about view.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
- 4 sources carry no publication date, so we cannot tell how current they are.
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How much we read
Deep coverage · 19/100We read 0 sources for this property, covering 0 traveler mentions, boiled down to 0 traveler insights worth knowing. Last checked 2026-09-04.
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Sources
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Everything quoted on this page.
- 4Holiday Inn Express : r/hotelsreddit.comForum thread2024-01-21Ageing17 quotes used
“I made a mistake eating a cinnamon roll. It was very good and definitely not at Hilton!”
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